Guglielmo da Marsiglia (1475–1537) was an Italian painter of

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of the 16th century. He is also known as Guglielmo da Marcillat and was a native of St. Mihiel near Meuse, France. He created 3 windows in 1519 for the Cathedral of Arezzo for a fee of 180 ducats. He completed two windows in the church of

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composed of 12 scenes from the lives of Christ and

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(1509). He also painted in

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s. One of his pupils was the painter, architect and biographer

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